Musicians and singers buried in Indiana
Wikidata records 42 musicians as buried in 25 of the cemeteries we list in Indiana. Crown Hill National Cemetery in Indianapolis holds the most, with 9. Indiana has the 12th highest count of any state, out of 2,837 nationally.
People recorded as musicians, singers, songwriters or composers.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Musicians and singers buried in Indiana
- Sarah T. Bolton1814-1893American writerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Janie Garland Stewart Boyesen1853-1903US-American writer, musician, and women's club memberPine Lake Cemetery, La Porte, IN
- Ada Melrose1889-1918American singerLake View Cemetery, Kendallville, IN
- Garfield Thomas Haywood1880-1931American bishop, cartoonist, and songwriterCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Evelyn Preer1896-1932American actress and singerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Leroy Carr1905-1935American blues singer, songwriter and pianistFloral Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Walter Bransen1886-1941German violinist and composerRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Ernest Williams1881-1947American conductorFountain Park Cemetery, Winchester, IN
- James Baskett1904-1948ActorCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Singin' Sam1888-1948American singer and actorEarlham Cemetery, Richmond, IN
- Cecil Duane Crabb1890-1953American composer of ragtime musicCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Lil Green1919-1954American blues singer and songwriterOak Hill Cemetery, Gary, IN
- Noble Kreider1874-1959American composerViolett Cemetery, Goshen, IN
- Susan Ryan Marsh1865-1959American artistBeech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, IN
- E. Jean Nelson Penfield1872-1961American lawyer, parliamentarian, lecturer, suffragist, author, songwriter, poetForest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, IN
- Scrapper Blackwell1903-1962American blues guitarist and singerNew Crown Cemetery, Beech Grove, IN
- Cole Porter1891-1964American composer and songwriterMount Hope Cemetery, Peru, IN
- Claude Thornhill1908-1965American pianist, composer and arrangerRoselawn Memorial Park, North Terre Haute, IN
- Wes Montgomery1923-1968American jazz guitaristNew Crown Cemetery, Beech Grove, IN
- Jean E. Lee1916-1968Concert pianist of African American descentCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Van Denman Thompson1890-1969American organist, composer, and teacherForest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, IN
- Bill Gaither1910-1970American blues musicianNew Crown Cemetery, Beech Grove, IN
- Robert Hawkins1919-1981American music professor and band directorCenter Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, IN
- Hoagy Carmichael1899-1981American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleaderRose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Floyd Smith1917-1982American jazz guitaristNew Crown Cemetery, Beech Grove, IN
- Bill Shirley1921-1989American actor, singer, Broadway theatre producerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Philip Farkas1914-1992American horn playerMount Gilead Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Jerry Pierce1937-1994American clarinetist, saxophonist, teacher, writer, and avid collectorTomlinson Cemetery, Muncie, IN
- Cecilia Clare Bocard1899-1994Musician and composer from the USASisters of Providence Convent Cemetery, Terre Haute, IN
- Bobby Helms1933-1997American male singerHilldale Cemetery, Martinsville, IN
- J. J. Johnson1924-2001American jazz trombonist, composer and arrangerCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- John Brim1922-2003American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter and singerOak Hill Cemetery, Gary, IN
- Martha Lipton1913-2006American opera singerValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- Harvey Phillips1929-2010American tubistClear Creek Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Giorgio Tozzi1923-2011American opera singerClear Creek Cemetery, Bloomington, IN
- Paul Weeden1923-2011American musicianFloral Park Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- David Baker1931-2016American jazz composer, trombonist, professor of music and authorValhalla Memorial Gardens, Bloomington, IN
- Lonnie Mack1941-2016American musicianRiver View Cemetery, Aurora, IN
- Raymond Leppard1927-2019British conductor and harpsichordistCrown Hill National Cemetery, Indianapolis, IN
- Art Hoyle1929-2020American jazz trumpeterFern Oaks Cemetery, Griffith, IN
- Al G. Wright1916-2020American bandleaderSpring Vale Cemetery, Lafayette, IN
- Regis Philbin1931-2020American television personalityCedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, IN
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Deaths by decade
- 1890s1
- 1900s1
- 1910s1
- 1930s3
- 1940s4
- 1950s4
- 1960s7
- 1970s1
- 1980s4
- 1990s4
- 2000s3
- 2010s6
- 2020s3
By recorded year of death, for the 42 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Crown Hill National Cemetery · Indianapolis, IN9
- New Crown Cemetery · Beech Grove, IN4
- Valhalla Memorial Gardens · Bloomington, IN2
- Forest Hill Cemetery · Greencastle, IN2
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Bloomington, IN2
- Clear Creek Cemetery · Bloomington, IN2
- Floral Park Cemetery · Indianapolis, IN2
- Oak Hill Cemetery · Gary, IN2
- Violett Cemetery · Goshen, IN1
- Sisters of Providence Convent Cemetery · Terre Haute, IN1
- Mount Gilead Cemetery · Bloomington, IN1
- Hilldale Cemetery · Martinsville, IN1
- Mount Hope Cemetery · Peru, IN1
- Pine Lake Cemetery · La Porte, IN1
- River View Cemetery · Aurora, IN1
- Beech Grove Cemetery · Muncie, IN1
- Cedar Grove Cemetery · Notre Dame, IN1
- Spring Vale Cemetery · Lafayette, IN1
- Tomlinson Cemetery · Muncie, IN1
- Fountain Park Cemetery · Winchester, IN1
- Fern Oaks Cemetery · Griffith, IN1
- Earlham Cemetery · Richmond, IN1
- Center Ridge Cemetery · Sullivan, IN1
- Roselawn Memorial Park · North Terre Haute, IN1
- Lake View Cemetery · Kendallville, IN1
Other notable burials in Indiana
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.